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logs he evidently found mice and chipmunks ; 

 then, as soon as the log was overturned, he 

 would be seen jumping about with grotesque 

 agility, and making quick dabs here and there, 

 as the little scurrying rodent turned and twisted, 

 until at last he put his paw on it and scooped it 

 up into his mouth. Sometimes, probably when 

 he smelt the mice underneath, he would cautiously 

 turn the log over with one paw, holding the other 

 lifted and ready to strike. Now and then he 

 would halt and sniff the air in every direction, 

 and it was after one of these halts that he 

 suddenly shuffled off to the woods." 



" The best time to shoot bears," writes Rowan, 

 " is in the month of August, when they come out 

 on the plains and barrens for blueberries. I have 

 seldom found a bear when I have been looking 

 for them, though I have seen and shot several 

 when salmon-fishing and small-game-shooting. 

 On one occasion, when partridge-shooting, I 

 heard my dogs making a tremendous fuss, and 

 ran up, expecting to find them engaged with a 

 porcupine. They were running round a huge 

 bear, who did not seem much put out, but now 

 and then made an ugly * wipe ' at the dogs with his 

 paw. As the dogs engaged his attention he allowed 



